Our Disability Equality Coaching, Mentoring and Training helps leaders and managers shift from merely complying with legal standards to genuinely embracing the inclusion and rights of people with a disability or long term illness as a core value of the organization.

Our Coaching, Mentoring and Training includes: 

• How to adapt inclusive recruitment policies and practices for potential employees with a disability or long term illness
• How to create an inclusive workplace for employees with a disability or long term illness

Leaders and managers who adopt a growth mindset in relation to equality for disabled employees and employees with long term illness can inspire the entire workforce to challenge preconceived notions about employees with a disability or long term illness and thus create fully inclusive workplaces.

By investing in Disability Equality Coaching, Mentoring and Training for leaders and managers, organizations will create more inclusive and productive workplaces that value every employee's contributions, ultimately leading to a healthier work environment for all. 

Our Workplace Disability Equality Training is tailored to the specific needs of individual companies/organisations and is provided in a workshop style in-person or online. Topics covered include, but are not limited to the following:

• Understanding Disability: Definitions of disability, types of disabilities (physical, sensory, intellectual, mental health), and the social model of disability versus the medical model.  A special emphasis is placed on understanding the concept of 'hidden disability'.
• Legal Framework: Overview of laws and regulations related to disability rights, including the Employment Equality Acts and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of people with disabilities (UNCRPD)
• Awareness and Sensitivity Training: Addressing stereotypes, biases, and misconceptions about people with disabilities; promoting empathetic and respectful interactions.
• Reasonable Accommodations: Understanding the concept of reasonable accommodations and the process of requesting and implementing them for employees with disabilities.
• Inclusive Recruitment Practices: Strategies for attracting, recruiting, and retaining employees with disabilities; best practices in job descriptions, interviews, and selection processes.
• Accessibility: Introduction to physical and digital accessibility considerations in the workplace; understanding the importance of an accessible environment. 

An overview of our Disability Specific training includes the following and can be adapted as required.

Mental Health 

• Positive Mental Health
• Awareness raising on the Recovery Model of Mental Health
• The impact of stigma
• How to promote supportive practices including reasonable accommodations for employees with a mental health diagnosis.

Intellectual Disability 

• Understanding intellectual disability.
• Challenging stereotypes and myths about people with an intellectual disability
• Examples of reasonable accommodations in the workplace for a person with an intellectual disability.

All our disability specific training is produced in collaboration with people with lived experience of each specific disabilities listed above.  Training includes real life case studies to complement learning.

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Our Personal Empowerment Coaching, rooted in neuroscience, refers to a supportive process aimed at assisting employees with disability or long term illness to navigate the challenges they may currently be facing in the workplace. 

This coaching concentrates on examining core values, self-limiting beliefs, emotional intelligence, decision-making, and interpersonal skills. 

These elements collectively foster enhanced self-confidence, self-esteem and promote self advocacy that can support the individual to realise their individual strengths and employment rights.